Grup Vitamin

Background

Grup Vitamin's first cast members were Gökhan Semiz, Ufuk Yıldırım, Ercan Saatçi, İzel Çeliköz, Sertaç Demirtaş, Emrah Anul, Selçuk Aksoy and Murat Uzunal. After the release of Bol Vitamin, Murat Uzunal left the band, and the same year İzel left. The band released Cezmi in 1991. After conflicts inside the band, it divided into two separate bands. The real Vitamin continued with Gökhan Semiz, Selçuk Aksoy, Emrah Anul and Sertaç Demirtaş. At the same time, Ercan Saatçi and Ufuk Yıldırım started to perform in concerts using the name Vitamin. Ercan and Ufuk attended a morning show and lip synced one of Gökhan's songs, mentioning the album as their solo album. They gave up the name because the Vitamin concept belonged to Gökhan Semiz. They changed their band's name to Uf-Er and released two albums, Vitamin Değil Şifa Niyetine in 1992 and Ebabil Kuştur in 1994, then stopped doing this kind of music. Between 1992 and 1993, the band co-hosted a TV show, Eğlence Sırılsıklam, with dancer Aslıhan Öncü in STAR. Gökhan Semiz released his first solo album, Mikrop, in 1992. At the end of 1993, Sertaç Demirtaş left the band. He formed a duo with Murat Uzunal as 'Sertaç & Murat' and released the parody album Bizim Çocuklar in 1994, then stopped doing music in 1995. The band, now with 3 members, released Aşkın Gözyaşları in 1994. Zeytinyağlı Yaprak Dolması followed in 1995. Yedigün, a Turkish orange soft drink brand, used a song from this album, Takmayacaksın, and won a crystal apple. Gökhan Semiz died in 1998. The band released its final album, İyi Günler Türkiye, in 1998, then broke up. In May 2015, the band was reactivated with all members alive from 1999 and a new vocal, Tolga Sünter, who was the composer of the band. Also in 2015 they released a new album, Endopilazmik Retikulum.